Friday, February 5, 2016

Freiburg memories: my first car and German customer service (not)

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Okay, this one is not going to mean much to very many people, but I found two slides of  my first car. In 1995, I bought a 1979 VW Golf dies...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Freiburg memories: Martinsbräu

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This passage to the Fressgässle and Martinsbräu is where I used to go have lunch quite often when I worked at the University. Not much has c...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Freiburg memories: Theaterläden and Weingarten

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When I arrived in Freiburg, Cinemaxx was still a parking lot. The modern buildings there today replaced more modest structures seen in this ...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Freiburg memories: the clown

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I remember two "public figures" from my first few years in Freiburg. One of them is the famous beggar from the fountain at Martins...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Freiburg memories: Basler Tor

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Basler Tor is a weird place. It is basically a collection of prefab concrete high-rises. Little information is available about its history o...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Freiburg memories: Schlossberg, Gerberau, and Fischerau

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In my first semester as an exchange student in Freiburg, I continued taking Dutch classes. My Dutch teacher was a guy my age, and he told me...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Freiburg memories: Augustinerplatz

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When I arrived in Freiburg in 1992, Augustinerplatz had not yet become the major meeting place that it now is in the warm season. Today, it ...